The Brazilian Grand Prix was the best finish I can remember in 20-odd years
and to end it with the 23-year-old Lewis Hamilton draped in a Union flag. It
can't get better than that.

Lewis Hamilton embraces extremes. We are on a roller-coaster with this boy. What a way to pull it off. His triumph was well-deserved. He is the rightful champion, despite the fact that Felipe Massa pushed him so close.

This is the kind of thing in sport that you see very rarely. Whether you were there at the circuit, watching it on television or listening on the radio, you could not help but notice the emotions of the people involved.

The two championship rivals winning and losing in the blink of an eye. Amazing stuff.

Massa was a worthy challenger, and a champion in defeat. They both made mistakes, they were both hit by bad luck at times, but that's racing. Only one can win it.

On reflection McLaren were probably a little too conservative with their race strategy and got caught out when a random variable came into a play. Other people gambled and it almost cost them the title.

When it rained they had no option but to bring him in and change tyres. What they did not factor in was Toyota making a run for it with Timo Glock on dry tyres.

It looked to me that Hamilton was a little heavier on fuel over the closing laps and a little light on downforce in those conditions. That is why it was difficult for him to keep Sebastien Vettel behind him in the rain.

Before the rain came Hamilton was cruising in fourth. No drama. So McLaren will say they were justified in their approach. It doesn't matter now.

The scary thing for the opposition is that there is more to come from Hamilton. This is just the start. This win will take him to another level.

He will be known all over the world now by people who are not necessarily interested in Formula One. It seems strange that only last year at Melbourne airport we were standing in the queue together for a cup of coffee. I said to him then that he would not believe how much his life would change. Eighteen months on he has the words 'World Champion' next to his name. What a fabulous story for him and Formula One.

The future looks bright for the sport. There is a new generation of drivers coming through, bringing something different and fresh to the sport.

We have the youngest world champion, who has been in the sport for only two seasons; indeed, he might have won it first up.

He has won Monaco, his own grand prix and now the title. This is Boys' Own stuff. Behind him you have kids like Sebastien Vettel, Robert Kubica and Nico Rosberg.

Today Lewis is king. It is frightening to think what he might achieve. Michael Schumacher won seven world titles but did not achieve his first until he was 25. It is all there to shoot at for Hamilton.